Bolting-up device and temporary fastener



March 18 .1924; 1,487,184

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AUGUST SAUNIER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOE EDMUND NELSON, 0FOAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

OF ONE-HALF T0 BOLTING-UP DEVICE AND TEMPORARY rns'rnnna.

Application filed February 12, 1921.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST SAUNIER, a citizen of the United States,residing in' the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBolting-Up Devices and Temporary Fasteners, whereof the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to bolting up devices and temporary fasteners,for tempo rarily securing parts together whilst the per manentfastenings are applied, such parts being plates of ships boilers, tanks,bridges, buildings, etc. In carrying out the inven tion I provide aheaded pin, adapted to be inserted through registering holes in theparts to be secured; a wedge-shaped key adapted to engage the pin, anddraw the parts together, means for facilitating said engagement, and,sometimes, a cotter pin to secure the wedge. I v

In the accompanying one sheet of drawing I have shown my fastener, andthe manner of its use. I r I Figure 1 is an elevation, in perspective,showing a wedge-shaped key with perforations to receive the cotter pin.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a headed pin, adapted to co-act withthe wedgeshaped key of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevation showing twoplates held by the pin and wedge ofFigures 1 and 2, the plates being in section taken on line 7, 7 ofFigure 4:.

Figure 1 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 3 showing the sameparts.

Referring to the several figures of the drawing, a pin 1 having at oneend, a head 2, is adapted to be inserted through two or more plates, orother members of a structure, as 3 and a, and have the head 2 bearagainst the same at one side, whilst the shank 1 projects through saidmembers which are provided with registering holes, shown in dottedlines, in Figure '3, which may be used for that purpose.

,A wedge-shaped key 6, is adapted to engage the projecting end of pin'1, and draw tight the plates 3, 4. The wedge key 6 may be provided witha series of holes 7,-in any desired number, to receive a cotter-pin 8,to

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otherhand. The slot is at one side of pin 1, as at 9, and may beduplicated at the other side, as at 10. In the latter case the key maybe doubled as shown, and'the two parts connected by aback plate 11,which may be perforated and slotted as at12, 13, to receive the pin andstraddle the reduced portion thereof between the slots.-

Having thus described my invention, and

an embodiment of it, in the full, clear and exact terms required by law,and knowin I n D that it comprises novel, useful and valuableimprovements in the art to which it pertains, I here state that I do notwish to be limited to the precise construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, as herein set forth, as the same'may befvariously'niodi-.fied by a skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

WhatI claim anddesir" to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States,is the following, to wit 1. A. bolting up device and temporary fastenerfor structural parts, comprising in r I combination a head andshank,,sa1d shank having a registering lateral slot, a double key, eachof a wedgeshaped, connected together by a back plate, said back plate113V".

ing a longitudinal slot adapted to engage said lateral slot and means tohold said key in position uponsaid shank.

2. A bolting up device and temporary fastener for structural parts,comprising in combination a head and shank, said shank havingregistering lateral slots, a double.

wedge shaped key connected togetherf by a back plate, said back platehavinga perfora tion and arlongitudinal slotoommunicating' with saidperforation, said perforationbeing adapted for the passage of said shankand said longitudinal slot engaging said lati eral slots upon theshank.

3. A bolting up device and temporary" fastener, comprising incombination aheadand' shank, said shank having registering slots'in itssideswith a web between them, a

key plate having Wedge-shaped side flanges connected together by a backplate, said back plate being perforated for the passage of Said shankand having a longitudinal 5 slot communicating With said perforation,

said longitudinal slot on said back plate adapted to receive the Webbetween said slots 7 and said Wedge-shaped side flanges havingperforations adapted to receive a cotter pin for holding said key inposition.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my hand this31 day of January, 1921. ,7

'AUGUST SAUNIER

